There was an old pulpy SF novel named Killobyte(sic) with the premis being a VR that gave increasingly (with each death) intense electric shocks as for death to increase the realism. MC was someone who didn't read the warning labels and has a pacemaker. If they die the third time it will potentially damage their pacemaker and kill them.
PainStation
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#32I played this a few years ago, it was awesome
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#33Waiting for the PainStation Portable.
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#34I won a game on that machine at the gamecon in Leipzig, probably 15 years ago. I got a blister from the heat, went to the first aid area to get something for it and they shut it down after. Fun times
They should have used the thermal grill illusion instead of real heat
Amazing, I had no idea illusory pain existed. I've actually been looking for a safe way to induce pain, and this seems promising. I would have thought the BDSM community would make use of this, but a quick googling doesn't turn up any products. Any idea why?
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#35Here's the thing in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bm7fLcj5UI
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#37I played this with a friend at the Computerspielemuseum in Berlin. I felt really bad, they were so bad I kept winning, and their hand’s skin cracked bloodily and got bruised after a session. But they insisted to finish the game.
Wife and I were there recently and I wanted to play but couldn’t convince her. Sad times, lol
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#38In the good ole days, we did something similar with ungrounded outlets and metal cases. For all the rounds of work on "Virtual Reality;" so very few have worked on simulating anything but the pleasant sensations. Its as if people are imagining a world with no negative feedback.
If pain couldn't be pleasant, there would not be BDSM or mexican food. Also, some racing simulator have reached a point where you take a beating racing a rally stage. Maybe not to the point you are feeling pain but you don't really come out of them relaxed.
spoken like a true cenobite
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#39Games with an element of pain have a long tradition.
Me and my classmates used to play “who can hold the scalding hot pipe the longest”.
Earlier there was snap-dragon, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap-dragon_(game) and many, many more.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
If pain couldn't be pleasant, there would not be BDSM or mexican food. Also, some racing simulator have reached a point where you take a beating racing a rally stage. Maybe not to the point you are feeling pain but you don't really come out of them relaxed.
spoken like a true cenobite
The box. You opened it, we came.